Full movie description "Father Brown The Grim Reaper":

Farmer John Tatton and his son Alfred do not get on, John accusing the boy of being a useless drunk like his late mother. Alfred confronts the family doctor Adam Crawford, taunting him for having a much younger wife Oona, who has just confided in Mrs McCarthy that she is pregnant. Alfred is found dead, mangled in farm machinery and soon afterwards anonymous letters appear, accusing Dr Crawford of the crime as Oona was supposedly having an affair with the dead man - something she denies. Dr Crawford confesses to the murder of Alfred but Father Brown knows better and seeks out the truth.

Reviews of the Father Brown The Grim Reaper

This episode is a story about Alfred a farmers son who is turning into a spiteful mean man. His father picks on him and does not want him to die like his mother, an with substance abuse.

The local doctor is married to a younger woman. They have no children. When she tries to tell her husband she is pregnant there is always some other thing that interferes with her telling him.

Alfred is a flirt with the doctors wife and wants drugs from the doctor saying he has a bad headache.

At some point the doctor delivers the drugs and Father Brown goes to the farm and finds Alfred dead and stuck in a hay crusher.

Poison pen letters go out saying the doctor did it. Alfred's father believes the doctor did it and so does the doctors wife. The doctor confesses to killing Alfred.

Father Brown talks to people and makes them admit they wanted to believe it was the doctor because they did not like him.

At the end you will find out how Alfred died and what people are willing to do and say to save their loved ones from pain.